Perhaps his confidence was knocked somewhat after a particularly bad day campaigning in Bath yesterday.

The beer loving politician’s day turned sour when he was asked to leave the Bell Inn by the pub’s landlord.

Out on the street, a local then made a w***** sign behind his back during an interview with the BBC.

Manager Jamie Matthews wrote on Facebook: ‘Just had Ukip leader Nigel Farage and his be-suited henchmen in the pub with a BBC News film crew.

‘Avoiding any actual political argument, I told him that he was welcome as a citizen to have a pint – we are, after all, a public house – but it was inappropriate for him to be using our premises for his hustings. I asked the camera man to stop filming.

‘Most of the entourage then finished or left their drinks and went outside. They may have continued filming outside, I don’t know, but that is the public highway and they have every right to.’